'Silencing' HIV with small bits of RNA 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have shown that they can effectively tackle HIV-1 with small bits of gene-silencing RNA by delivering them directly to infected T cells, the major targets of the virus. While earlier studies had shown such a strategy ... | |
 Attention grabbers snatch lion's share of visual memory 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Our visual memory is not as good as we may think, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust – but it can be used more flexibly than scientists previously thought. In a study published today in the ... | |
A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder 5 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In a game of give and get, the brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it. | |
New survey: 82 percent of Americans think health care system needs major overhaul 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Americans are dissatisfied with the U.S. health care system and 82 percent think it should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt, according to a new survey released today by The Commonwealth Fund. Also today, The ... | |
Robotics research: Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students from Rochester Institute of Technology. | |
Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse ... | |
 Likely cause of postpartum blues and depression identified 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Unique biochemical crosstalk that enables a fetus to get nutrition and oxygen from its mother's blood just may cause common postpartum blues, researchers say. | |
 Study shows playing video games can change behaviour and biology August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Video games are among the most popular entertainment media in the world. Now, groundbreaking research involving McMaster University researchers shows that a specially designed video game can ... | |
Neurobiologists discover individuals who 'hear' movement August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Individuals with synesthesia perceive the world in a different way from the rest of us. Because their senses are cross-activated, some synesthetes perceive numbers or letters as having colors or days of the week as possessing ... | |
Researchers uncover West Nile's targets August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature ... | |
I can, automatically, become just like you August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ... | |
Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV August 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ... | |
Researchers unveil vital key to cancer August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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University of Manchester scientists have uncovered the 3-D structure of Mps1 -- a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer -- which will ... | |
Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ... | |
When neurons fire up: Study sheds light on rhythms of the brain August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In our brains, groups of neurons fire up simultaneously for just milliseconds at a time, in random rhythms, similar to twinkling lightning bugs in our backyards. New research from neuroscientists at Indiana University and ... | |
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